Some 1,270 contributing buildings make up the Midtown Historic District in Mobile, Alabama. This is a district that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2001, with a small boundary increase recorded on November 18, 2020. It stretches roughly to the edges of Taylor Avenue, Government Street, Houston Street, Kenneth Street, Springhill Avenue, and Florida Street.
Take in that scale: the district covers 467 acres (1.89 km2) and contains 1,270 contributing buildings. The majority of those buildings range in age from the 1880s to the 1950s and represent a wide variety of architectural styles, a built record of changing tastes across decades. The neighborhood also bears memory of more recent events; it was significantly affected by a tornado on December 25, 2012.
Standing here, you are in a place that preserves both everyday homes and quiet pieces of civic history, catalogued and protected by its listing on the National Register. Notice the spread of structures and the outline of streets reaching toward Taylor Avenue, Government Street, Houston Street, Kenneth Street, Springhill Avenue and Florida Street.